---
title: "Category Details"
method: GET
path: "/v3/categories/{alias}"
tags: ["Categories"]
---

# Category Details

`GET /v3/categories/{alias}`

This endpoint returns detailed information about the Yelp category specified by a Yelp category alias. The alias for each category can be found either by using the <a href="https://docs.developer.yelp.com/reference/v3_all_categories" target="_blank">/v3/categories</a> endpoint, or the <a href="https://docs.developer.yelp.com/docs/resources-categories" target="_blank">category list</a>.

## Path parameters

- `alias` string, required

## Parameters

- `#/paths/~1v3~1categories/get/parameters/0` — unresolved $ref

## Response `200`

A category was returned.

- object
  - `category` object, required
    - `alias` string, required — Category alias
    - `title` string, required — Title of this category
    - `parent_aliases` string[] — List of aliases of parent categories
    - `country_whitelist` string[] — Countries for which this category is whitelisted
    - `country_blacklist` string[] — Countries for which this category is blacklisted

## Other responses

- `400` — unresolved $ref
- `401` — unresolved $ref
- `403` — unresolved $ref
- `404` — unresolved $ref
- `413` — unresolved $ref
- `429` — unresolved $ref
- `500` — unresolved $ref
- `503` — unresolved $ref

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